About the Authors

Christopher Phillips

c.phillips@mac.com

Affiliations Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Genomic Medicine Group, CIBERER, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Lourdes Prieto

Affiliation University Institute of Research Police Sciences (IUICP), DNA Laboratory, Comisaría general de Policía Científica, Madrid, Spain

Manuel Fondevila

Affiliation Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Antonio Salas

Affiliation Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Antonio Gómez-Tato

Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

José Álvarez-Dios

Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Antonio Alonso

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses, Delegación de Madrid, Spain

Alejandro Blanco-Verea

Affiliation Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

María Brión

Affiliation Genomic Medicine Group, CIBERER, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Marta Montesino

Affiliation University Institute of Research Police Sciences (IUICP), DNA Laboratory, Comisaría general de Policía Científica, Madrid, Spain

Ángel Carracedo

Affiliations Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Genomic Medicine Group, CIBERER, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

María Victoria Lareu

Affiliation Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP MF AGT JD MB MVL. Performed the experiments: CP LP MF ABV MM. Analyzed the data: CP AS AA MB AC MVL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP MM. Wrote the paper: CP LP AS.